2019 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 2019 División Profesional season (officially the Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 22 January and ended on 15 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 13 December 2018. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2018 season, and won a third championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura with three matches to spare after defeating Deportivo Santaní by a 6–0 score on 4 May. Olimpia also crowned themselves in the Torneo Clausura, winning a fourth title in a row with one matchday remaining, following a 2–2 draw at home against Guaraní on 8 December.


2019 Paraguayan Primera División season, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the season: the top ten teams in the relegation table of the previous season, and two teams promoted from the División Intermedia. The new teams were 2018 División Intermedia champions River Plate and runners-up San Lorenzo, who returned to the top flight after two and three years, respectively. Both replaced Independiente (CG) and 3 de Febrero, who were relegated to the second tier after two and one year, respectively.


2019 Paraguayan Primera División season, Teams, Stadia and locations
Note: Teams occasionally play their home games at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Derbies between Cerro Porteño and Olimpia are also played at this stadium. a: Sportivo Luqueño will play their home games at Estadio La Arboleda in Asunción as their regular stadium Estadio Feliciano Cáceres is closed for repair works. They played their Torneo Apertura home game against San Lorenzo at Estadio Erico Galeano in Capiatá.


2019 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Apertura
The Campeonato de Apertura, named "Víctor Genes", was the 119th official championship of the Primera División and the first championship of the 2019 season. It started on January 22 and concluded on May 20.


2019 Paraguayan Primera División season, Torneo Clausura
The Campeonato de Clausura, named "Ranulfo Miranda y 100 años de la Cruz Roja Paraguaya", was the 120th official championship of the Primera División and the second championship of the 2019 season. It started on July 12 and concluded on December 15.


2019 Paraguayan Primera División season, Relegation
Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The two teams with the lowest average were relegated to the División Intermedia for the following season.


2019 Parapan American Games
The 2019 Parapan American Games, officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paralympic Committee was held from August 23 to September 1, 2019 in Lima, Peru.


2019 Parapan American Games, Bidding process
Four bids were submitted for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games, and they were officially announced on February 1, 2013. These were Lima in Peru, Santiago in Chile, Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela and La Punta in Argentina. Lima bid for the games for the second consecutive time after losing to Toronto for the 2015 edition of the games. The other three cities bid for the Parapan American games for the first time. Lima was elected as the host city on October 11, 2013 where PASO members gathered in Toronto, Canada, to elect the host city. The city was considered the favourite to win the rights to host throughout the process.


2019 Parapan American Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The events was held in various Lima districts and neighboring cities, with most of them concentrated in the clusters of VIDENA (a  complex in the San Luis District), Pan American Park (Villa María del Triunfo), the Sports Village of Callao, and a sports complex in Costa Verde.


2019 Parapan American Games, Development and preparation, Financing
The total budget is estimated at US$1.2 billion, with $470 million in sports infrastructure, $180 million building the Pan American Village, $430 million spent in organization, and $106 million for other expenses.


2019 Parapan American Games, Development and preparation, Athlete's Village
2000 athletes and team officials was accommodated in a complex with 1,700 units in Villa El Salvador.


2019 Parapan American Games, Development and preparation, Torch relay
The torch was lit on August 20, in the Lima district of Pachacamac and took a 3-day tour within the city center from August 21 to 23, 2019.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the Games took place on August 23, 2019 at the Estadio Nacional de Lima while the closing ceremony took place on September 1, 2019 at the VIDENA Athletics Stadium. The opening ceremony was entitled Elevation and featured a stage designed as a totem, made by three obelisks. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Hansel Cereza. The closing ceremony was entitled Human Spirit and featured a stage with a backdrop of a mosaic of the faces of volunteers. It was produced by Italian company Balich Worldwide Shows and directed by creative director Juan Carlos Fisher.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Opening ceremony
The Ceremony began with a countdown from 10 to 0. This was followed by announcement of President of Peru Martin Vizcarra and the President of Americas Paralympic Committee, Julio César Ávila. The Flag of Peru is raised by Peruvian Armed Forces as the National Anthem is played.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Opening ceremony
This was followed by an introductory performance titled "The Birth" symbolising Peru's biodiversity and life. The performance was followed immediately by the Parade of Nations in which each teams marched into the stadium, preceded by a person dressed as Ekeko carrying a chicha-style banner with the name of the country, similar to Pan American Games. As per tradition, Peru as host entered last, while the other countries entered under Spanish Alphabetical order.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Opening ceremony
Soon afterwards was the creative segments, divided into six segments: Symbiosis, The Maze, Chaos, Hope, The Horizon and Victory. All six segments told the story of two boys who grow up helping each other in the spirit of friendship and showing people their ability to overcome their disabilities. The boys as children were played by Jheremy Alejos Perez and Piero Guidiche Montes while the adult boys were played by Marco Antonio Moran and Jose Jesus Diaz Quispe.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Opening ceremony
In the protocol segment, the President of the Lima 2019 Organizing Committee Carlos Neuhaus and the President of APC, Julio Dussliere deliver their speeches before President of Peru, Martin Vizcarra declare the Games open. The APC flag was carried into the stadium by former Peruvian sportsmen: Efraín Sotacuro, Alicia Flores, Yeni Vargas, Juana Hurtado, María Trujillo, Israel Hilario, Óscar Neyra and Augusto Vásquez and raised to the Paralympic Anthem by the Armed Forces.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Opening ceremony
During the torch relay segment, the Parapan American flame is carried into the stadium by Peruvian Paralympian Pompilio Falconi, who competed in athletics at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. He passed the flame to table tennis player Teresa Chiappo, who then handed it to swimmer José González. Jose Gonzalez handed the flame to last torch bearer, Jimmy Eulert a gold medallist at the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics who lights the Incan Sun cauldron with the help of the acrobats on the totem. The ceremony ended with a concert by Peruvian band "Bareto" who performed four songs: Quiero amanacer, Se ha muerto mi abuelo, No juegues con el diablo and Cariñito.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Closing ceremony
Katia Condos and Gonzalo Torres were the hosts of the ceremony. The segments of the ceremony were inspired by the core values of the International Paralympic Movement which are: Inspiration, Determination, Courage and Equality and featured mostly concert and dance performances by local artists. During the ceremony, Laguna Pai performed three songs: Libertad, Vamos con fe and Resiliencia; We The Lion performed four songs: Found Love, All My Demons, So Fine and When Life Began; and Desiree Nunez Del Prado and Javier Morales performed a Marinera duet.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Closing ceremony
After delivery of speech by President of the Organizing Committee Carlos Neuhaus and of the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Julio César Ávila, the Games were declared closed by APC president himself. Through President of the Americas Paralympic Committee, Julio César Ávila, Deputy Mayor of the city of Lima Miguel Eugenio Romero Sotelo handed the APC flag over to the Undersecretary of Sports of Chile, Andres Otero Klein for the next Parapan American Games in 2023.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Ceremonies, Closing ceremony
When the flag of Chile is raised by armed forces personnel, the National Anthem of Chile is performed by 14-year-old Cerebral Palsy female singer Isidora Guzmán, accompanied by images slideshow of the country's scenery. Chilean band Los Jaivas performed songs on stage to represent Chile as next host of the event. When Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón performed “Canción con todos” on stage, the Flame beside the stage was extinguished. The Ceremony ended with a concert by a cumbia group Hermanos Yaipén who performed five songs: Mix de Luis Miguel, El Tiki Taka, Al llorar a otra parte, Mix de Juan Gabriel and Que levante la mano.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees
30 National Paralympic Committees have participated at the games including Guyana and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as debuting teams. Paraguay returned to participate after last competed in the 2007 edition, while Virgin Islands which last participated at the 2015 edition was absent.


2019 Parapan American Games, The Games, Sports
Events in 17 sports were held during the 2019 Parapan American Games. Cycling events was split into road and track disciplines. Team events goalball, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball continued as men's and women's events, wheelchair rugby continued to be a mixed event and football 5-a-side and football 7-a-side opened for male competitors. Badminton, taekwondo and para shooting made their debuts. Seven of the sports count as qualifying events for 2020 Summer Paralympics.


2019 Parañaque local elections
Local elections were held in Parañaque on May 13, 2019 within the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, two congressmen, and the 16 councilors, eight each in the two local legislative districts of Parañaque.


2019 Parañaque local elections, Candidates, Mayor
Incumbent mayor Edwin Olivarez is seeking his third and final term, and is running against former mayor Jun Bernabe.


2019 Paris Eternal season
The 2019 Paris Eternal season was the first season of Paris Eternal's existence in the Overwatch League. The team was one of eight expansion franchises added for the 2019 season. After the team posted a 3–4 record in Stage 1, head coach Julien Ducros left the team and was replaced by Félix Münch. Paris ended the season with a disappointing 11–17 record, did not manage to yield a winning record in any stage, and did not qualify for any of the stage playoffs nor the season playoffs.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Preceding offseason
On 23 October, Eternal announced their entirely European roster, consisting of the following players:


2019 Paris Eternal season, Preceding offseason
On 8 November, Eternal revealed their entirely European coaching staff. On 28 November, Eternal signed support player Luís "Greyy" Perestrelo.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 1
Eternal's first Overwatch League match was against the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals champions London Spitfire on 16 February. The Eternal took the first map, Ilios, in convincing fashion, but the Spitfire took map two to tie up the match 1–1 going into halftime. Strong performances by the Eternal's Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Harrison "Kruise" Pond led Paris to victories in the final two maps, as Paris won the match 3–1.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 1
Paris had only one match in week two in the Los Angeles Gladiators on 23 February. The Eternal lost the first map, Nepal but struck back with a win on the next map, Numbani. Coming out of halftime, two team tied on Temple of Anubis to enter the final map, Dorado with the series tied 1–1. Standout performances by off-tank Finnbjörn "Finnsi" Jónasson and support Harrison "Kruise" Pond pushed Paris to a victory on Dorado to claim a 2–1 win over the Gladiators. In their only match of week three, Paris faced the Atlanta Reign on 2 March. While the match was expected to be close, Paris was swept 0–4, highlighted by an over-the-roof Gravitation Surge by Atlanta's DPS Daniel "Dafran" Francesca on Zarya that caught five of the Eternal's players and wiped the team on the second map, Hollywood.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 1
Paris' next match was against the undefeated Vancouver Titans on 8 March. The match saw the debut of Georgii "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha, but the substitution did little to slow down the Titans, as Paris was swept 0–4 for the second match in a row. Two days later, the team took on the San Francisco Shock. The Eternal dropped the first three maps to fall 0–3 going into the last map, Dorado, where they were able to full-hold the Shock to take the map. The 1–3 loss put the Eternal at major risk of not qualifying for the Stage 1 Playoffs.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Eternal's first match of the final week of Stage 1 was against the Washington Justice on 16 March. Paris began the match strong by taking Busan but was only able to tie on King's Row to enter halftime tied 1–1. Washington struck back after halftime, winning Volskaya Industries, but the Eternal managed to complete Dorado, while preventing the Justice from doing the same, to win the match 2–1. Eliminated from Stage 1 playoff contention due to their poor map differential, Paris looked to play spoiler to the Philadelphia Fusion a day later. The Eternal split the first two maps, Busan and King's Row, to enter halftime tied. However, Philadelphia dominated in the final two maps, not allowing Paris to claim a single point in either, as the Eternal lost the match 1–3 to end Stage 1 with a 3–4 record.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 2
Two days before Stage 2, head coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros stepped down from his position. He was replaced the next day, as the Eternal promoted player development coach Félix "Féfé" Münch to head coach.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 2
Paris began Stage 2 with a match against the Guangzhou Charge on 4 April. Paris came out strong, full-holding the Charge on the first two maps. After halftime, the Charge were able to find some success on both Eichenwalde and Junkertown, but a dominant performance by main tank Roni "LhCloudy" Tiihonen was able to hold Guangzhou from taking either, as Paris claimed their first 4–0 sweep of the season. Two days later, the team faced the Chengdu Hunters. While the Eternal were able to keep each map close, the off-meta play from Chengdu proved to be too much for them to handle, as Paris was swept 0–4 in the match.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 2
In their first match of week two, the Eternal took on the Florida Mayhem. Paris took control of the match first half, going 2–0 into halftime. While Florida was able to put up a stronger showing in the second half, the teams split the final two maps, as the Eternal won 3–1. Three days later, on 14 April, Paris faced the Dallas Fuel. After a convincing loss on Busan, Paris was only able to tie on map two, Paris, to enter halftime down 0–1. On Blizzard World, both teams were able to complete the map, but Paris was full-held on overtime rounds, while Dallas took a point on their attack. Having already lost the match, a win on Rialto only helped the team's map differential, as Paris lost the series 1–2.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 2
After a week off, Paris traveled to the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas for the Dallas Fuel Homestand Weekend in week four. The team first took on the London Spitfire in a rematch of their season opener on 20 April. The match was delayed by an hour-long power outage. Despite throwing out a variety of team compositions, Paris was unable to get anything going in the match, as they were swept by the Spitfire 0–4. The next day, the Eternal faced the Hangzhou Spark. The team put up a much stronger performance than their previous match, as the match went to a fifth tiebreaker map. Unfortunately, the team was unable to close out the match, losing 2–3.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 2
The Eternal's final match of Stage 2 was against the Toronto Defiant on 5 May. Paris was able to take the first point of map one, Lijiang Tower, but, subsequently, dropped the second and third to fall behind in the match 0–1. On Temple of Anubis, the second map, Paris was unable to stop the Defiant on their attack; on the Eternal's own attack, the team capped the first point with over five minutes remaining but could not find ground on the second, as the team fell 0–2 going into halftime. King's Row did not go the way of Paris, as the team dropped map three to solidify the loss; a close loss on map four, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, gave Paris a 0–4 loss and a disappointing 2–5 Stage 2 record.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 3
For their first match of Stage 3, Paris faced the Toronto Defiant on 7 June. After falling on Ilios, Paris full-held Toronto on map two, Paris, to enter halftime tied 1–1. Solid holds on Hollywood and Havana pushed the Eternal to a 3–1 victory. Two days later, the team took on the Boston Uprising. Paris stumbled out of the gates, dropping Ilios. On the map Paris, the map went to three rounds, with the Eternal eventually taking the win to tie up the series. The team would secure victories on the final two maps to win the match 3–1.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 3
The team's first match of week two was against the New York Excelsior on 14 June. Paris started off string at the very beginning of the first map, Nepal, but New York quickly turned it round, taking that and the next two maps to put Paris down 0–3. While the Eternal took the final map, Dorado, they lost the match 3–1. Paris faced the Florida Mayhem two days later. After going up 2–0 heading into halftime, the Eternal dropped the third map, Numbani, but recovered on the forth map, Havana, to win the match 3–1.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 3
For their first match of week three, Paris took on the Houston Outlaws. After going down 0–2 in the first half of the match, Paris ran over Houston in map three. However, the team could not carry that momentum into map four, as they lost the match by a 1–3 scoreline. Three days later, the Eternal faced the Boston Uprising. Paris took the first two maps of the match, but Boston found their stride after halftime, taking the next two to push the match to a fifth tiebreaker map. Unable to prevent a reverse sweep, Paris ultimately fell 2–3 in the match.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 3
Looking to end Stage 3 on a high note, the Eternal faced the Seoul Dynasty on 27 June. After a close loss on Nepal, both Paris and Seoul completed Horizon Lunar Colony to push the map to overtime rounds, but only the Dynasty were able to complete it a second time, putting the Eternal down 0–2 heading into halftime. On Eichenwalde, both team also completed the map to push the map into overtime rounds, but Paris was full-held in their second attack, while Seoul managed a tick. The final map, Watchpoint: Gibraltar, also went to overtime rounds; this time, Paris would take the map win, but the team lost the match 1–3.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 4
The Eternal's first match of Stage 4, along with the first match with an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the League, was against the Houston Outlaws on 25 July. Although Houston took the first map Busan convincingly, Paris turned it around in the following three, winning the match 3–1. Their next match was two days later against the Los Angeles Valiant. Despite dropping the first two maps, the Eternal took maps three and four to push the match to a fifth tiebreaker map on Busan. The two-hour match concluded with a Paris loss on Busan to lose the series 2–3.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 4
The following week, Paris first took on the New York Excelsior on 2 August. The Eternal fell in the first three maps to guarantee a loss but were able to win map four lose the series 1–3. The next day, Paris faced the Atlanta Reign. Throughout the match, Atlanta DPS Jun "Erster" Jeong put on a strong performance; with no answer from Paris, the Eternal were swept 0–4.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 4
Needing wins to keep their slim chances at qualifying for the Play-In Tournament, the Eternal faced the Philadelphia Fusion on 8 August. Paris quickly dropped the first two maps to go down 0–2 heading into halftime, but the team was able to strike right back, taking the following two maps to tie the series 2–2 and force the match to a fifth tiebreaker map. The Eternal were able to take the fifth map to win the series 2–3 and keep their playoff hopes alive.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Regular season, Stage 4
The Eternal's final two matches were in week four. First, the team took on the Stage 3 Champions Shanghai Dragons on 17 August. The team was able to secure a 3–1 victory over the Dragons, but a win by the Los Angeles Valiant later that day officially eliminated the Eternal from qualifying for the Play-In Tournament. The team closed out their season with a match against the Washington Justice a day later. In a match that had no playoff implications for either team, Paris lost 1–3 to end their season with a disappointing 11–17 record.


2019 Paris Eternal season, Awards
On 8 May, Harrison "Kruise" Pond was named as a reserve for the 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game.


2019 Paris Sevens
The 2019 Paris Sevens was the final event of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series and the twelfth edition of the France Sevens. The tournament was held on 1–2 June 2019 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris.


2019 Paris Sevens, Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup quarterfinals. The bottom two teams from each group advance to the Challenge Trophy quarterfinals.


2019 Paris Sevens, Teams
The fifteen core teams played in the tournament, along with one invited team, 2018 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series champion and core team for the 2019–20 season, Ireland.


2019 Paris ePrix
The 2019 Paris ePrix (formally the 2019 Paris E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 27 April 2019. It was the eighth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the fourth edition of the event.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Background
The Paris ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2018–19 series schedule on June 7, 2018 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It is the eighth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fourth running of the event. The ePrix would be held at the 1.930 km (1.199 mi) clockwise fourteen-turn Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex of the city's 7th arrondissement on 27 April 2019.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Background
Going into the race, Mahindra driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio is leading the Drivers' Championship with 65 points, only one point ahead of BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa in second. In third is the Techeetah driver André Lotterer with 62 points, two points behind the championship leader after finishing second in the previous race. Jaguar driver Mitch Evans is in forth with 61 points, after winning the race in Rome. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi stays in fifth with 58 points after finishing seventh in Rome. In the Teams' Championship, DS Techeetah led with 116 points, only seven points ahead of Virgin Racing in second place. In third place is the Mahindra Racing with 102 points; tie on points with Audi. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 82 points.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Background
Maximilian Günther kept his Dragon Racing seat in Paris, as Felipe Nasr is focusing his preparations for the next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Practice
Practice 1 took part in damp conditions early in the morning. On his very first lap Lucas Di Grassi of Audi Sport got all out of shape and put the car into the wall on the out lap. He made it back to the pits but missed the rest of the session due to the damage he sustained in the crash. DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne also lost the car early on and spun and skated of the track and down the escape road.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Practice
Sébastien Buemi of Nissan e.dams collided with Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird and consequently spun, with Bird spinning into the outside wall. Many drivers going down the escape road at Turn 3 with lock ups. Robin Frijns of the Virgin Racing pushed too hard and hit the wall on the exit of Turn 3 with Sébastien Buemi spinning and following Frijns in. Then Sam Bird hit the wall in the same place as his teammate but sustained a lot more damage and was consequently out of the session and missed the second practice due to the damage. André Lotterer in the DS Techeetah was quickest after the red flag came out and brought the session to an early end.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Practice
The second practice session took part in dry conditions on the streets of Paris. Everyone left the pits as soon as possible except Sam Bird whose car was still being worked on after his heavy crash in FP1. Alex Lynn of Jaguar Racing pushed too hard and gently put the car into the wall at slow speed and, fortunately with minimal damage was able to continue. Sébastien Buemi spun and crossed the finish line backwards as he spun through the final corner. Dragon Racing driver José María López then crashed in the same place as Alex Lynn. Carrying on his form from his win in Rome last time out Mitch Evans put his Jaguar quickest of the session with a time of a 1:00.226, followed by Oliver Rowland and Lucas Di Grassi.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Mitch Evans brushed the wall in group 1 qualifying and took some of the wall branding off. Jérôme d'Ambrosio was the only driver who made it from group 1 to superpole. In group 2 Robin Frijns set a strong lap to book his place in super pole. Sébastien Buemi, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein and Felipe Massa were the other 4 drivers to make it to superpole. Wehrlein took pole position from Oliver Rowland and Sébastien Buemi.


2019 Paris ePrix, Report, Race
The race was started behind the safety car. After the race got going, drama started when rain appeared causing mayhem. After the rain was stopped, the drivers finally got some control of their cars after the chaos and drama that’s happened during the race


2019 Paris explosion
On 12 January 2019, an explosion occurred at a bakery on Rue de Trevise in 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. Two firefighters, a Spanish tourist, and another woman were killed, and forty-seven others were injured. According to local prosecutor Remy Heitz, the apparent cause of the explosion was a gas leak. Firefighters were present at the bakery before and at the time of the blast while investigating a suspected gas leak.


2019 Paris explosion, Explosion
Prior to the explosion, firefighters were at the location responding to reports of a gas leak. The explosion caused a fire that destroyed windows of surrounding buildings and caused cars to be overturned. Eyewitnesses told reporters the blast also caused people to become trapped in other nearby buildings and charred debris and broken glass was spread around the bakery and streets. The blast occurred during the Yellow Vest protests, that had some 32,000 protesters participating around France.


2019 Paris explosion, Aftermath
More than 200 firefighters responded to the incident, and French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo all visited the scene.


2019 Paris explosion, Aftermath
On 15 September 2020, Paris City Hall and a property firm were charged with involuntary manslaughter.


2019 Paris–Nice
The 2019 Paris–Nice was a road cycling stage race that was held between 10 and 17 March 2019 in France. It was the 77th edition of Paris–Nice and the sixth race of the 2019 UCI World Tour. Spaniard Marc Soler was the defending champion.


2019 Paris–Nice
The race was won by Egan Bernal of Team Sky, making it the team's 6th win overall and 4th win in the last 5 years. Bernal also took the young rider classification. Nairo Quintana of Movistar Team finished second, with Bernal's teammate Michal Kwiatkowski rounding out the podium as well as taking the points classification. Thomas De Gendt of Lotto–Soudal took the mountains classification, and Team Sky won the team classification.


2019 Paris–Nice, Teams
The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to the race. In addition five second-tier UCI Continental Circuits received a wildcard invitation to participate in the event. The teams entering the race will be:


2019 Paris–Nice, Route
The race started on 10 March 2019 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the western suburbs of Paris, and finished on 17 March in Nice, covering 1,240 kilometres (770 mi) over eight stages. After four flat and hilly stages on the first four days, there was a 25.5-kilometre (15.8 mi) individual time trial on the fifth day. The seventh stage was the event's queen stage, finishing on the Col de Turini in the Alpes-Maritimes. The eighth and final stage finished on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.


2019 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
In the 2019 Paris–Nice, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints – three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2019 Paris–Nice, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2019 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; three points for crossing the sprint line first, two points for second place, and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey.


2019 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, or third-category, with more points available for the more difficult, higher-categorised climbs. For first-category climbs, the top seven riders earned points; on second-category climbs, five riders won points; on third-category climbs, only the top three riders earned points. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a white jersey with red polka-dots.


2019 Paris–Nice, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. Only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible; the young rider best placed in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


2019 Paris–Roubaix
The 2019 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 14 April 2019 in France. It was the 117th edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 16th event of the 2019 UCI World Tour. It was won by Philippe Gilbert in a sprint ahead of Nils Politt, with Yves Lampaert finishing in third place.


2019 Paris–Roubaix, Teams
As Paris–Roubaix was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.


2019 Paris–Tours
The 2019 Paris–Tours was the 113th edition of the Paris–Tours cycling classic. The race was held on 13 October 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour as a 1.HC-ranked event. Jelle Wallays, who had previously won this race in 2014, went solo and achieved his second victory, ahead of Niki Terpstra and Oliver Naesen, who had finished second and fourth respectively the year before.


2019 Paris–Tours, Teams
Twenty-three teams, of which seven were UCI WorldTeams, fourteen were UCI Professional Continental teams, and two were UCI Continental teams, started the race. Each team entered seven riders, except for Team Dimension Data, Israel Cycling Academy, and Roompot–Charles, which each entered six, and UAE Team Emirates, which entered five. Of the 156 riders who entered the race, only 64 riders finished, while 4 riders did not start.


2019 Parramatta Eels season
The 2019 Parramatta Eels season is the 73rd in the club's history.


2019 Pasay local elections
Local elections were held in Pasay on May 13, 2019 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman, and the councilors, six of them in the two districts of the city.


2019 Pasay local elections, Background
Incumbent Mayor Antonino Calixto is now on his third and final term and is barred for seeking another term. He will be running for Congressional seat in the lone district. Running in his place is his sister, incumbent Congresswoman Imelda Calixto-Rubiano. Her opponent is Cesar "Chet" Cuneta, son of former Mayor Pablo Cuneta and older brother of actress and singer Sharon Cuneta. Also running are Edward "ET" Togonon, who served as Chief Prosecutor of Pasay, Muntinlupa and Manila for 32 years, Cherry Christine “Tin” Ching, and Jon Wilfred “JT” Trinidad, son of former Mayor Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad.


2019 Pasay local elections, Background
Incumbent Vice Mayor Noel “Boyet” Del Rosario is running for a second term. His opponent is former councilor Richard M. Advincula, lawyer Jose Allan "Bong" M. Tebelin and Armando Magbanua.


2019 Pasig local elections
Local elections took place in Pasig on Monday, May 13, 2019, as part of the 2019 Philippine general election.


2019 Pasig local elections
Voters elected a mayor, a vice mayor, and a total of 12 councilors - six from each of the city's two districts. The election for the member from the lone legislative district of Pasig to the Philippine House of Representatives was also held concurrently.


2019 Pasig local elections
The election saw Vico Sotto of the Aksyon Demokratiko party winning the mayoral election against the incumbent Robert Eusebio of the Nacionalista Party which ended the 27-year rule of the Eusebio family in Pasig. Incumbent vice mayor and Eusebio's running mate Iyo Christian Bernardo was re-elected to a third term as vice mayor unopposed. Candidates for councilor running under Eusebio's ticket called Team Bobby won all of the seats in the City Council.


2019 Pasig local elections, Background
Robert Eusebio was elected mayor of Pasig in 2016, and was previously mayor for two consecutive terms from 2007 until 2013. He was seeking to be re-elected to a second consecutive term since his election in 2016, which would have been his fourth total term as mayor.


2019 Pasig local elections, Background
Robert Eusebio is part of the Eusebio family who have dominated Pasig politics since 1992. His father Vicente was mayor of Pasig for three consecutive terms from 1992 until 2001 and for another term from 2004 until 2007. His mother Soledad was mayor for from 2001 to 2004, while his wife Maribel was mayor from 2013 to 2016. His brother Ricky was the member from Pasig to the House of Representatives from 2016 until 2019.


2019 Pasig local elections, Background
Vico Sotto was a first-term councilor for Pasig's first district who was elected in his first run for a public office in 2016, which saw him ranking first among 13 candidates in his district. In his term as councilor, Sotto authored City Ordinance No. 37 also known as The Pasig Transparency Mechanism Ordinance, which was signed in September 13, 2018. He also served as the chairman of Pasig’s public relations and information committee during his term as city councilor.


2019 Pateros local elections
Pateros will hold its local elections on Monday, May 13, 2019, as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters will elect candidates for the local elective posts in the municipality: the mayor, vice mayor, District representative of Pateros-Taguig, and councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2019 Pateros local elections, District representative
Incumbent Congressman Arnel Cerafica is term-limited and is running for Mayor of Taguig. His brother, Allan Cerafica, competed for the position against former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano.


2019 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Patriot League Baseball Tournament took place on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 11–12 and the finals May 17–19. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. The winner, Army, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series.


2019 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament for the Patriot League during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 5, 7, 10, and 13, with the higher seed in each match up hosting at their respective campus sites. No. 1 seed Colgate defeated Bucknell 94–80 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship, and the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. It was Colgate's first Patriot League tournament championship since 1996, and third overall.


2019 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 Patriot League teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament was the 30th edition of the Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Patriot League champion as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019.


2019 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament
The defending champions, Colgate, were eliminated in the first round by eventual runners-up, Lafayette. Lehigh won the championship, 1–0, over Lafayette to claim their third Patriot League Tournament championship. There, Lehigh earned the conference's automatic bit in the NCAA Tournament. There, they were eliminated by Pittsburgh in the opening round.


2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 9, 11, 14 and 17 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. The winner will earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. Bucknell won the conference tournament championship game over American, 66–54. Kaitlyn Slagus was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:


2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.


2019 Patriot League Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Patriot League Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 5 through November 10, 2019. The quarterfinals of the tournament will be held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility in Annapolis, Maryland. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Boston University Terriers, however they were unable to defend their crown, after failing to qualify for the tournament by finishing ninth in regular season play. The tournament was won by Navy, who were the #1 seed and defeated Army 2–1 in the final. The conference championship was the fourth for the Navy women's soccer program, all of which have come under coach Carom Babarra.


2019 Pau Grand Prix
The 2019 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Three motor race held on 19 May 2019 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was run as the second round of the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship. The Grand Prix was won by Billy Monger.


2019 Pau Grand Prix, Results, Race 1
Liam Lawson produced a dominant effort in winning the first race of the weekend, with Team Motopark team-mates Julian Hanses and Marino Sato finishing second and third respectively. Several drivers started the race on wet tyres, gambling on a potential downpour later on in the race. The weather would remain dry and those who gambled on the wet tyres would begin to tumble down the field. Kjærgaard, Tsunoda and Hahn all fell victim to the narrow nature of the circuit, retiring due to accident damage.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic
The 2019 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional non-ranking invitational snooker tournament. The event took place between 24 and 25 August 2019 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. The tournament was the 2019 edition of the Paul Hunter Classic first held in 2004 as the Grand Prix Fürth. The tournament is named in honour of snooker professional, Paul Hunter who won the 2004 event and died in 2006. The event featured a 16-player bracket with a qualification tournament that was held in Nuremberg, Germany. As the tournament was dropped as a ranking event, independent promoters Dragonstars Event Management promoted the event providing prize money for the tournament.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, having defeated Peter Ebdon 4–2 in the 2018 final. Barry Hawkins won the title 4–3 defeating Wilson in the final. Wison lead 3–2 and required one frame to win the title, he was one ball from winning but lost the frame 64–65 and incredibly Hawkins won the decider to win the title. The event also featured an exhibition Speed Snooker Cup tournament which ran concurrently with the main event, which was won by Gary Wilson. Barry Hawkins scored the highest break of the event, a 120 in the third round of the final.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament format
The 2019 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional snooker tournament held on 24 and 25 August 2019 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. Having been a ranking event since 2010, the event was changed to an invitational basis, with no ranking points allocated. This was because the WPBSA did not want to finance a ranking event with 128 players with a small prize fund. Independent promoter Dragonstars Event Management promoted the event providing the prize money, then the WPBSA added their sanction to the event.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament format
The Paul Hunter Classic was named after deceased snooker professional, Paul Hunter, who won the event in 2004, before passing in 2006. A total of 15 players were invited to compete in the event, with one qualifier, who had won a qualifying event featuring 36 participants. 13-year-old Iulian Boiko won the qualifying event, defeating Barry Pinches in the final 3–2. Pinches also had the highest break of qualifying, a 109.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament format
The defending champion of the event was Kyren Wilson, having defeated Peter Ebdon 4–2 in the previous year's final. Wilson was invited to compete in the event. Both Shaun Murphy and Matthew Stevens were invited to play but pulled out of the event. They were replaced by Ricky Walden and Gary Wilson respectively. Murphy later revealed that he pulled out of the event due to tearing his Achilles tendon, dancing to Disney's Greatest Hits. All matches held in the event were played as best-of-7-frames.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament format
An exhibition Speed Cup event featuring the same players was played concurrently with the main event, with matches played as best-of-5-frames. The players were also against the clock. Gary Wilson won this event, defeating David Gilbert in the final 3–0. The event was broadcast online-only on the Eurosport Player.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament format, Prize fund
The event features a total prize fund of €13,500 and €5,000 awarded to the winner. This was a significant reduction from the previous year's total prize fund of £100,000 total prize pool, due to the event no longer being a ranking event. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament summary
The 2019 Paul Hunter Classic was held over two days, with the first round held on 24 August and the quarter-finals through to the final on 25 August. Three amateur players were invited to play, in Ryan Davies, Florian Nüßle and Ben Mertens. One additional place was awarded via a qualifying event that was held in Nuremberg, Germany. Iulian Boiko won the qualifying event, defeating Barry Pinches 3–2 in the final.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament summary
All four amateur players failed to win a single frame, with Boiko losing to Ricky Walden, Mertens to Joe Perry, Davies to Mark King and Nüßle to defending champion Kyren Wilson with all matches finishing 4–0. In the other four first-round matches, Dominic Dale defeated Matthew Selt, Luca Brecel defeated Ken Doherty, David Gilbert defeated Michael Holt and Barry Hawkins defeated Gary Wilson (all 4–1). The quarter-finals featured Luca Brecel and Barry Hawkins both win 4–1 over Ricky Walden and Mark King respectively. Both of the other two matches finished on a deciding frame. Kyren Wilson defeated Dominic Dale and Joe Perry defeated David Gilbert 4–3. The final four players were all part of the world top-16. Kyren Wilson defeated Luca Brecel 4–1, whilst Barry Hawkins defeated Joe Perry 4–3.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament summary
The final was played between Wilson and Hawkins. Wilson won the first frame, before Hawkins won the next two frames, including the highest break of the tournament – a 120 in frame 3. Wilson won the next two frames with two 50+ breaks. Leading 3–2 Wilson made a break of 57 points in frame 6, one pot from winning the event, however, failed to pot the next shot with Hawkins winning the frame by a single point with a clearance of 41 to win the frame 65–64 to force a deciding frame. Hawkins won the frame and the event with a break of 69.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Tournament summary
Hawkins commented after the match "To win a title early in the season puts me in good stead." He also commented that his sights were on winning the two following events to be held in China, the International Championship and the China Championship. However, Hawkins would only reach the quarter-finals at the China Championship and lose in the first round of the International Championship.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Main rounds
The competition was played with best-of-7-frames matches. Players in bold denote match winners.


2019 Paul Hunter Classic, Century breaks
A total of seven century breaks were made during the event. Barry Hawkins made the highest break of the tournament, a 120.


2019 Peach Bowl
The 2019 Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2019, with kickoff at 4:00 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 52nd edition of the Peach Bowl, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. The Peach Bowl was one of two College Football Playoff semifinal games, with the winner advancing to the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship. Sponsored by restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.


2019 Peach Bowl, Teams
This was the third meeting between LSU and Oklahoma. The series was tied 1–1; Oklahoma won the 1950 Sugar Bowl, 35–0, while LSU won the 2004 Sugar Bowl, 21–14.


2019 Peach Bowl, Teams, LSU Tigers
LSU defeated Georgia in the 2019 SEC Championship Game on December 7, then received their bid to the Peach Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 8. The Tigers entered the bowl with a 13–0 record (8–0 in conference). In six prior Peach Bowl appearances, the Tigers were 5–1, with their only defeat coming in their most recent appearance, a 2012 loss to Clemson in the then-Chick-fil-A Bowl. This was LSU's first College Football Playoff semifinal appearance.


2019 Peach Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma defeated Baylor in the 2019 Big 12 Championship Game on December 7, then received their bid to the Peach Bowl with the release of final CFP rankings on December 8. The Sooners entered the bowl with a 12–1 record (8–1 in conference); their only loss was to Kansas State, 48–41. This was Oklahoma's first appearance in the Peach Bowl, and their fourth College Football Playoff appearance. Oklahoma was 0–3 in prior CFP semifinals, most recently losing to Alabama in the 2018 Orange Bowl.


2019 Peach Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma Sooners
On December 18, media outlets reported that starting defensive end Ronnie Perkins and two other Oklahoma players had received suspensions and would not play in the game. On December 20, it was reported that starting safety Delarrin Turner-Yell would also miss the game, due to a broken collarbone. On December 23, head coach Lincoln Riley confirmed that Perkins and the two other players would not play, and said that he did not expect Turner-Yell to play.


2019 Peach Bowl, Game summary, Statistics
Joe Burrow threw seven touchdown passes in the first half, tying the NCAA records for touchdown passes in a half and touchdown passes in a bowl game. Four of the touchdowns were to Justin Jefferson, who set the College Football Playoff record for touchdown catches and the Peach Bowl record for receiving yards (227).


2019 Pearl Continental Hotel attack
On 11 May 2019, at least eight people including four hotel employees, one soldier and three terrorists were killed in a terror attack targeting the Pearl Continental in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan.


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open
The 2019 Pekao Szczecin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Szczecin, Poland between 9 and 15 September 2019.


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open – Doubles
Karol Drzewiecki and Filip Polášek were the defending champions but only Drzewiecki chose to defend his title, partnering Maciej Smoła. Drzewiecki lost in the first round to Matwé Middelkoop and Hans Podlipnik Castillo.


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Andrés Molteni won the title after defeating Middelkoop and Podlipnik Castillo 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles
Guido Andreozzi was the defending champion but lost to Jozef Kovalík in the final.


2019 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles
Kovalík won the title after defeating Andreozzi 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Pendle Borough Council election
The 2019 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019.


2019 Pendle Borough Council election, Background
Before the election, the Conservative party had a majority on the council, with 25 seats. The Labour party had 15 seats and the Liberal Democrats had 9 seats. 17 seats were contested at the election. The 2019 election in Pendle was also part of a Voter ID pilot.


2019 Penn Quakers football team
The 2019 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Ray Priore and played its home games at Franklin Field. It was a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5, 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place.


2019 Penn Quakers football team, Previous season
The Quakers finished the 2018 season 6–4, 3–4 in Ivy League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.


2019 Penn Quakers football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released its preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Quakers were picked to finish in fifth place.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach James Franklin and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They competed as a member of the Big Ten East Division of the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Previous season
In 2018, the Nittany Lions finished with a 9–4 overall record and finished third in the Big Ten East Division, with a 6–3 conference record. They finished ranked seventeenth nationally in the AP Poll and Coaches Poll after a 27–24 loss to Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Offseason, Staff changes
On January 2, 2019, James Franklin announced that wide receivers coach David Corley was relieved of his duties. This came just one day after Penn State's 27–24 loss to Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl. On January 10, former Duke assistant coach Gerad Parker was announced as the team's new wide receivers coach. On February 15, 2019, it was announced that special teams coordinator and assistant defensive line coach Phil Galiano would be leaving Penn State to become an assistant special teams coach with the New Orleans Saints. On February 21, 2019, Penn State hired Joe Lorig, from Texas Tech, as special teams coordinator and defensive assistant.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Offseason, Recruiting
The Nittany Lions signed 19 recruits on early signing day in December 2018. Four recruits signed with Penn State on February 6, 2019, pushing their total commitments to 23.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Offseason, Transfers
The Nittany Lions added 2 players and lost 12 players due to transfer.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Offseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Penn State was projected to finish in fourth in the East Division.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule, Regular season
The team hosted three non-conference games against the Idaho Vandals (first ever meeting) from the Big Sky Conference, Buffalo Bulls from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Pittsburgh Panthers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule, Regular season
During the 2019 Nittany Lions season, Penn State went against Big Ten conference opponents Maryland, Purdue, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio State and Rutgers. The 2019 schedule consisted of 7 home games and 5 away.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team
The 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 3. It was the program's 107th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2019 season is Jeff Cook's second year at the helm.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
The 2018 season was the Nittany Lions' 106th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 28th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first year head coach, Jeff Cook, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the professional soccer team, Bethlehem Steel of USL Championship.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason Big Ten poll
Penn State was predicted to finish 6th in the Big Ten Conference.


2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Pennsylvania elections
The 2019 Pennsylvania elections was held on November 5, 2019 to fill judicial positions on the Superior Court, allow judicial retention votes, and fill numerous county, local and municipal offices, the most prominent being the Mayor of Philadelphia. The necessary primary elections were held in May 2019. In addition, special elections for legislative vacancies were held at various times in 2019.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, U.S. House of Representatives, 12th congressional district
A special election for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district was held on May 21, 2019 following the resignation of Republican Representative  Tom Marino.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 33rd senatorial district
A special election for the 33rd senatorial district was held on May 21 following Republican State Senator Richard Alloway's resignation from the chamber.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 33rd senatorial district
Democrats selected Spring Grove director of community development Sarah Hammond as their nominee. Republicans nominated retired Army colonel Doug Mastriano.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37th senatorial district
A special election for the 37th senatorial district was called for April 2, 2019 following Republican State Senator Guy Reschenthaler's election to the United States House of Representatives.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37th senatorial district
Democrats selected Pam Iovino as their nominee, and Republicans nominated D. Raja.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st senatorial district
A special election for the 41st senatorial district was held on May 21 following Republican State Senator Don White's retirement from the chamber.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st senatorial district
Democrats selected Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Susan Boser as their nominee. Republicans nominated White's chief of staff Joe Pittman.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 11th legislative district
State Representative Brian Ellis resigned in March 2019 in the midst of a sexual assault investigation. A special election for the 11th legislative district was held on May 21 (alongside the 2019 primary) to fill Ellis' vacancy.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 11th legislative district
Democrats selected steelworker Sam Doctor as their nominee, and Republicans nominated Marci Mustello, a scheduler for Congressman Mike Kelly.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 85th legislative district
A special election for the 85th legislative district was held on August 20 following Republican State Representative Fred Keller's election to the United States House of Representatives.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 85th legislative district
Democrats selected physician and school board director Dr. Jennifer Rager-Kay as their nominee, and Republicans nominated David Rowe, vice chair of the East Buffalo Township board of supervisors.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 114th legislative district
State Representative Sid Michaels Kavulich died in October 2018, but was still re-elected in the 2018 elections. A special election for the 114th legislative district was held on March 12, 2019 to fill Kavulich's vacancy.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 114th legislative district
Democrats selected Bridget Malloy Kosierowski as their nominee, and Republicans nominated Frank Scavo.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 190th legislative district
State Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown was re-elected in the 2018 elections, but resigned in December 2018 after being convicted of bribery. A special election for the 190th legislative district was held on March 12, 2019 to fill Brown's vacancy.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Special Elections, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 190th legislative district
Democrats selected Movita Johnson-Harrell as their nominee, and Republicans nominated Michael Harvey. Two additional candidates, Amen Brown and Pam Williams, ran as independents.


2019 Pennsylvania elections, Ballot Questions
There were no statewide ballot measures up for election in the 2019 general election. however, there were local ballot measures in Allegheny and Philadelphia counties.


2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election
A special election was held on May 21, 2019, to fill the remainder of the term for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the 116th United States Congress. Tom Marino, a Republican, resigned from office effective January 23.


2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
As a result of the 2018 elections, Pennsylvania's House delegation to the 116th U.S. Congress took office in early January 2019 with a tie of 9 Republicans and 9 Democrats.


2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Background
Republican Tom Marino, the incumbent representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, announced his resignation effective January 23, 2019. By state law, Governor Tom Wolf was required to call for a special election at least 60 days after the seat became vacant. Wolf set the election for May 21. Primary elections were not held in the race. Instead, nominees were chosen by each party. Republicans selected their nominee on March 2.


2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, Democratic selection
According to the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, Marc Friedenberg, the Democratic nominee for the district in 2018, was the only individual who submitted an application to be the nominee. Therefore, the convention was cancelled, and the party declared Friedenberg the nominee on February 12.


2019 Pennzoil 400
The 2019 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 3, 2019, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 Pennzoil 400, Report, Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2019 Pennzoil 400, First practice
Austin Dillon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.951 seconds and a speed of 180.294 mph (290.155 km/h).


2019 Pennzoil 400, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.914 and a speed of 180.517 mph (290.514 km/h).


2019 Pennzoil 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Second practice session scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to rain.


2019 Pennzoil 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Austin Dillon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.299 seconds and a speed of 178.224 mph (286.824 km/h).


2019 Pennzoil 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called from the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2019 Pennzoil 400, Media, Radio
PRN covered the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini and Heather DeBeaux worked pit road for the radio side.


2019 Penrith Panthers season
The 2019 Penrith Panthers season was the 53rd season in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and captained by James Tamou, the Panthers are competing in the National Rugby League's 2019 Telstra Premiership.


2019 Penrith Panthers season, Squad, Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2019 season.


2019 Penrith Panthers season, Other teams
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers are also fielding semi-professional teams in the 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2019 Canterbury Cup (NSW Cup).


2019 Perak TBG F.C. season
The 2020 season was Perak FC's 16th consecutive season in Malaysia Super League, the top flight of Malaysian football. The club also will participate in the Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup and the AFC Champions League.


2019 Perak TBG F.C. season, Competitions, Malaysia Super League, Matches
The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.


2019 Perlis FA season
The 2019 Perlis season is the club 1st season in Malaysian football after rebranded as Perlis Northern Lions Football Club.


2019 Perlis FA season, Players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season
The 2019 season is the second season for Persebaya Surabaya after being reaccepted as a member of PSSI, in the 2018 season, Persebaya was ranked 5th.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Squad information, Current squad
Updated to match played 18 May 2019-end of seasonSource: Ordered by squad number. Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute. Age stated as at end of 2018 season.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Pre-season and Friendlies, President's Cup
In this 2019 President's Cup Persebaya is joined in group A along with Persib Bandung, Perseru Serui, and TIRA-Persikabo. All matches were held at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang, Bandung, West Java.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Pre-season and Friendlies, Knockout stage
Persebaya qualified for the knock out stage after becoming the top of the group A. Once again Persebaya met TIRAPersikabo when a knockout stage drawing.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Pre-season and Friendlies, Semi Final
Persebaya qualified for Semi Final stage after Win from TIRAPersikabo in Quarter Final Stage. In the Semi Final Persebaya met Madura United in Home Away Match.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Pre-season and Friendlies, Final
Persebaya qualified for Final stage after Win from Madura United in Semi Final Stage. In the Final Persebaya meet Arema in Home Away Match.


2019 Persebaya Surabaya season, Pre-season and Friendlies, Liga 1, Fixtures
The Liga 1 (Indonesia) fixtures for the 2019 season were announced on 4 April 2019.


2019 Persib Bandung season
The 2019 season is Persib Bandung's 86th competitive season. The club will compete in Liga 1 and had qualified for the round of 32 in 2018–19 Piala Indonesia following their wins in the first two rounds in 2018.


2019 Persib Bandung season
A season of mixed form saw Persib finish 6th in Liga 1 while the club's cup run ended in the quarter-finals on away goals to Borneo.


2019 Persija Jakarta season
The 2019 season is Persija's 86th competitive season. They have not been relegated since the competition started in 1933. This season is Persija's 25th consecutive seasons in top-flight since professional competition formed on 1994. Along with Liga 1, the club will compete in 2018-19 Piala Indonesia, 2019–20 Piala Indonesia and 2019 AFC Champions League since 2001–02 season. The season covers the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.


2019 Persija Jakarta season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2019 Persija Jakarta season, Statistics, Top assist
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


2019 Persija Jakarta season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2019 Persija Jakarta season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Persija Jakarta first squad during the season.


2019 Persija Jakarta season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 22 December 2019 Source: Competitions Only competitive matches  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2019 Perth SuperNight
The 2019 Perth SuperNight (known for sponsorship purposes as the Pirtek Perth SuperNight) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on 2-4 May 2019. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, Western Australia and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres (50 laps) and one race of 200 kilometres (83 laps) in length. It was the fifth event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 11 and 12 of the season.


2019 Perth SuperNight
DJR Team Penske's Fabian Coulthard won Race 11 while Scott McLaughlin won Race 12.


2019 Perth SuperNight, Report, Background
The event was the fifth event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship. DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin held the championship lead entering the event over teammate Fabian Coulthard and Tickford Racing's Chaz Mostert.


2019 Perth SuperNight, Report, Background, Format alterations
Following the 2018 Sydney SuperNight 300, the SuperNight format was moved to this event with the event reformatted to consist of one race of 120 kilometres held on Friday night and one race of 200 kilometres held on Saturday night. It marked the first time a night race had been held at the circuit.


2019 Perth SuperNight, Report, Background, Entry alterations
The event was open to wildcard entries which saw the grid expand to twenty-five cars. Brad Jones Racing entered an extra Holden Commodore ZB for former-full timer Tim Blanchard, marking his return to the category after retiring at the end of 2018.


2019 Perth SuperNight, Report, Background, Technical alterations
Following a review by the category into parity between models, the Ford Mustang GT underwent changes to its aerodynamics package. An all new rear-wing endplate design was constructed with the rear-wing gurney flap and undertray also modified with existing parts to fit the new regulations. The changes were completed by the Ford teams in time for the event.


2019 Peru earthquake
An earthquake measuring Mw 8.0 struck Peru and the surrounding areas on 26 May 2019 at 02:41 local time. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Two people died and a further 30 were injured. It was the strongest earthquake in 2019 by magnitude.


2019 Peru earthquake, Tectonic setting
Peru lies above the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca Plate subducts beneath the South American Plate. The plates converge at a rate of 70 mm per year. The country has been affected by many large megathrust earthquakes caused by slip along the plate interface, such as the 1868 Arica earthquake. There are also large earthquakes of intermediate depth caused by faulting within the downgoing Nazca Plate.


2019 Peru earthquake, Earthquake
On 26 May 2019, at 07:41 UTC (2:41 a.m., local time), a Mw 8.0 earthquake struck northern Peru. The earthquake lasted for about 60 seconds, with most of the energy being released within a period of about 40–60 seconds. The earthquake's epicenter was in the northern region of Peru, near Ecuador. This intermediate depth event (122.8 km) was caused by normal faulting within the Nazca Plate. Out of the two possible solutions of the moment tensor, analysis of seismic waveforms suggests that the causative fault dips towards the east.


2019 Peru earthquake, Damage and casualties
Two people were killed and 15 others were injured in Peru, while a further 15 people were injured in Ecuador.


2019 Peru earthquake, Damage and casualties, Peru
The President of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, called for calm and said that he, along with his transportation minister, would evaluate the damage to roadways. Vizcarra also stated that other officials would evaluate damage to structures and any effects on a nearby reservoir. Many people evacuated homes and stores when the earthquake struck late at night. Some buildings, streets, and bridges suffered damage from the earthquake.


2019 Peru earthquake, Damage and casualties, Peru
The earthquake damaged 833 homes and left 404 of them uninhabitable. 38 health facilities were damaged, with 4 of them being rendered unusable. 111 schools were affected with 7 being put out of action.


2019 Peru earthquake, Damage and casualties, Ecuador
Some damage was reported from the parts of Ecuador closest to the epicenter.


2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs
The 2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs or Cuadrangular de Ascenso 2019 will be held in December 2019 with all games being played at a neutral ground yet to be determined. The play-offs determined the third and fourth team to be promoted to the Liga 1 following that tournament's expansion. The teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the 2019 Liga 2 and 2019 Copa Perú will take part in the promotion play-offs. The top two placed team in the play-offs will gain promotion to the 2020 Liga 1 and the bottom two will qualify to the  2020 Liga 2.


2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs, Background
The Peruvian Football Federation took control of the local domestic league from the Professional Football Sports Association, the tournament organizers, in 2019 and announced that the Peruvian first division tournament would be re-branded for 2019. With this re-branding, the tournament was expand from 16 to 18 teams and then to 20 in 2020.


2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs, Background
At the beginning of the 2019 season, it was announced that the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the bottom two tiers of the Peruvian football league system would compete on the promotion play-offs at the end of the year to decide which two teams would receive the expansion slots.


2019 Peruvian promotion play-offs, Background
At the beginning of the 2019 season, the Peruvian Football Federation decided against the decision of further expanding the first division tournament to 20 teams. The teams from the second division refused to begin the 2019 Liga 2 tournament until they received confirmation from the Federation that the expansion agreement reached in 2018 would be respected. As such the Federation accepted the terms and decided to once again organize a promotion play-off similar to the one used in 2018.


2019 Petaling Jaya City FC season
The 2019 season was Petaling Jaya City's 1st season of competitive football, the top division of Malaysian football and in the Malaysia Super League since rebranded in 2019. The season covers the period from 1 February 2019 to 21 July 2019.


2019 Petaling Jaya City FC season, Competitions, Malaysia Super League, Matches
The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.


2019 Peterborough City Council election
Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 2 May 2019. 20 of the 60 seats were contested. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.


2019 Peterborough City Council election, Election summary, Summary
Following the election the Conservatives were able to continue to govern, although now in a minority administration with the support of the Werrington First group.


2019 Peterborough by-election
A by-election took place in the Parliamentary constituency of Peterborough on 6 June 2019. It was won by Lisa Forbes of the Labour Party. Mike Greene of the Brexit Party took second place.


2019 Peterborough by-election
The seat was vacant following the removal of the former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya by means of a recall petition triggered by her conviction for perverting the course of justice.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background
Labour candidate Fiona Onasanya was elected as a Labour MP to represent Peterborough at the 2017 general election, defeating Stewart Jackson, the sitting Conservative MP, by 607 votes.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background
In July 2017, her car was driven at 41 mph (66 km/h) through a 30 mph (48 km/h) zone in Thorney, Cambridgeshire. A Notice of Intended Prosecution was returned to the police in her name, claiming that a man named Aleks Antipow was the driver. However, it was later discovered that Antipow was in his native Russia at the time. Around the same time, her brother Festus had also responded to two other notices with false names. Both Fiona and Festus Onasanya were consequently charged with perverting the course of justice; Festus pleaded guilty while Fiona pleaded not guilty.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background
Owing to the jury at the Old Bailey failing to reach a verdict, Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC ordered a retrial. At the retrial, Onasanya was found guilty and compared herself afterwards to several biblical figures including Moses and Jesus who had been convicted by courts in their day; she declared her intention to appeal. Onasanya received a three-month prison sentence. The Attorney General reviewed the sentence after a complaint was received from the public that it was unduly lenient, and concluded that it was not. Onasanya was released from prison on 26 February 2019, after serving four weeks. Following the conviction for perverting the course of justice, Onasanya was expelled from the Labour Party in January 2019. She remained in Parliament, where she sat as an independent, and continued to protest her innocence. Her appeal against conviction was rejected on 5 March 2019.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background, Recall petition, Procedure and timetable
Under the Recall of MPs Act 2015, any MP who receives a prison sentence of a year or less is subject to a recall petition, though the procedure cannot begin until appeals have been unsuccessful. Onasanya lost her request to appeal on 5 March 2019. The court officially informed the Speaker of the House of Commons who, later that day, took the necessary steps to initiate the process which included notifying the petition officer for the constituency.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background, Recall petition, Procedure and timetable
The petition officer for Peterborough opened the petition on 19 March, with ten designated signing places within the constituency for constituents to sign the petition. The threshold for success was 10% of eligible constituents (6,967 out of 69,673) signing within the six-week period (ending 1 May) in order to recall Onasanya and call a by-election. Registered parliamentary electors could sign the petition at their assigned polling place, or do so by post or by proxy. The projected cost of the petition was approximately £500,000.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background, Recall petition, Procedure and timetable
No ongoing tally was reported by the petitions officer, thus it was not known that the required threshold had been reached until the end of the six-week period. There was no opinion polling, as UK law prohibits forecasts of the outcome of recall petitions which are based on statements from, or surveys of, potential signatories.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background, Recall petition, Result
19,261 signatures were obtained. This represented 27.64% of the 69,673 electors eligible to sign the petition, thus surpassing the 10% threshold, causing the seat to become vacant, and triggering the 2019 Peterborough by-election. The Electoral Commission later revealed that the threshold had been reached in the first two days. This was the second recall petition since the Recall of MPs Act 2015, and the first successful use of the procedure to remove a sitting MP.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Background, Recall petition, Result
Though she did not stand, Onasanya was legally eligible to be a candidate in the by-election. The Labour Party had withdrawn support for her – the party encouraged voters to sign the petition and, along with several other parties, pre-selected a by-election candidate.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
The list of 15 nominated candidates was announced on 9 May. Anticipating the recall petition's success, several parties announced candidates before it had even opened.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
Although not disqualified from seeking to regain her seat, Onasanya did not fight the by-election. Former Labour and Respect Party MP George Galloway announced his intention to stand on a pro-Brexit position and sought the Brexit Party candidacy, but was not selected. Although Galloway had mooted standing as an independent, he did not do so.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
The Liberal Democrat campaign focused on opposition to Brexit and calling for a second referendum. Change UK, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Renew were close to supporting a joint Remain candidate, Femi Oluwole of Our Future Our Choice, but they ultimately opted to stand their own candidates, except for Change UK. Change UK's Gavin Shuker said the plan was stymied by Labour, who he said made clear that Labour would "strenuously" disrupt a joint Remain campaign. Change UK reportedly blamed Labour-aligned figures in the People's Vote campaign. Oluwole denied being pressured by Labour sources, but said he was concerned about splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Brexit Party to win.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
Four days before the election, Labour was urged by Jewish leaders to disown its candidate Lisa Forbes after she was reported as endorsing a Facebook post that contained an antisemitic phrase.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene was criticised for profiteering from freehold properties and his involvement with Greybull Capital, a private investment group involved in the May 2019 collapse of British Steel. A spokesman for Greene stated that he was never an active participant in running the investment vehicle.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Candidates and campaign
When polls closed, the Brexit Party had been heavily favoured in bookmakers' odds to win, with Labour generally thought to be in second place.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Results
The winner's percentage of the total vote (30.9%) was the lowest at a by-election since the 1946 Combined English Universities by-election (30.0%). However, there have been twelve lower winning shares in general elections.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Reaction and aftermath
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the result as an endorsement of his party's stance: "This result shows that in spite of the divisions and deadlock over Brexit, when it comes to a vote on the issues that directly affect people’s lives, Labour’s case for real change has strong support across the country".


2019 Peterborough by-election, Reaction and aftermath
Despite the loss, Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene characterised the result as a significant breakthrough for his party, claiming to have  "shaken up British politics". Party leader Nigel Farage attended the count but left before the result was announced.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Reaction and aftermath
After the Brexit Party questioned the validity of the result, five electoral fraud allegations were investigated. It was claimed that Tariq Mahmood, who was jailed in 2008 for postal vote interference, had played a role in the Labour Party campaign for the by-election. Labour denied he had had any role in the campaign, although he did attend the count as a member of the public. The Brexit Party announced on 24 June 2019 that they would be lodging a review petition under the Representation of the People Act 1983. On 15 July, Cambridgeshire Constabulary announced the final conclusion of their investigations and determined that no offences had been committed. In 2020, Brexit Party candidate Mike Greene was ordered to pay the Labour Party's legal costs after dropping a High Court challenge.


2019 Peterborough by-election, Reaction and aftermath
Ultimately, Lisa Forbes' hold on the seat lasted for just six months. When a general election was held was held in December 2019, Paul Bristow captured the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of over 2,500 votes.


2019 Petit Le Mans
The 2019 Petit Le Mans (formally known as the 2019 MOTUL Petit Le Mans for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd running of the Petit Le Mans, and was held on October 12th 2019. It was the last race in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, and the last race of the 2019 Michelin Endurance Cup, and was run at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race was won overall by the #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R after its sister car fell out with brake failure with less than 30 minutes remaining. The distance covered was a race record.


2019 Philadelphia City Council elections
The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. It took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the United States.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 2019 season was the Philadelphia Eagles' 87th in the National Football League (NFL) and fourth under head coach Doug Pederson. The Eagles acquired many key players, including wide receiver DeSean Jackson, running back Jordan Howard and defensive tackle Malik Jackson. With these offseason moves, the Eagles were listed as Super Bowl contenders. However, inconsistent play aided by injuries on both sides of the ball plagued the Eagles early in the year. Despite a 5–7 start, the Eagles won their last four games against divisional opponents and matched their 9–7 record from 2018. The Eagles clinched the NFC East division title (the second time in the Pederson/Wentz era), but were defeated by the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round by a score of 17–9.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. New York Jets
With the win, the Eagles improved to 11–0 in their all-time series against the New York Jets.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins
In one of the most embarrassing road losses in franchise history, the Eagles blew a 28–14 3rd quarter lead and lost to the Miami Dolphins 37–31. They allowed over 365 total yards of offense, and with this loss, tied their loss total from the previous season.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Giants
Week 14 featured the Eagles facing the rival New York Giants, lead by Eli Manning, who was taking over for an injured Daniel Jones. Following a scoreless first quarter, Manning opened the scoring with a 35-yard touchdown pass to Darius Slayton, giving New York a 7–0 lead. After the teams traded field goals, Manning would throw another touchdown pass to Slayton, this time from 55 yards, to build the Giants' lead to 17–3 before halftime. However, Philadelphia's defense would stifle Manning in the second half, forcing three-and-outs on four of six possessions and allowing just 30 yards total offense.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Giants
The Eagles offense would step up and score 14 unanswered points over the final two-quarters to force overtime. After the Eagles won the overtime coin toss, they drove down the field and won the game on Carson Wentz's second touchdown pass of the night to Zach Ertz. With the comeback win, the Eagles improved to 6–7 on the year. Further, the Eagles won their sixth straight against the Giants, and took the lead in the all-time series for the first time in franchise history. It also marked the first time since 2006 an Eagles-Giants game would go to overtime.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys
In desperate need of a win to stay alive in the playoff race, an injury-ravaged Eagles team got revenge on the Cowboys after losing in Week 7 to them. Not only did this snap a 4-game losing streak to the Cowboys, but this resulted in the Eagles taking the lead in the NFC East for the first time all season. Furthermore, the victory improved Philadelphia to 8–7. Now all the Eagles needed was to either beat the NY Giants the very next week or have the Cowboys lose to the Redskins.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Giants
The Eagles clinched their second NFC East division title in three years with a win over the New York Giants, their seventh straight in the series dating back to the 2016 season.


2019 Philadelphia Eagles season, Postseason, Game summaries, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Seattle Seahawks
The Eagles season ended with their first loss at home since Week 12 of the regular season, which was, coincidentally, also a 17–9 home loss to the Seahawks. They failed to score a touchdown for the first time since Week 17 of the 2017 season. Carson Wentz left the game in the first quarter with a concussion following a controversial hit by Jadeveon Clowney. No penalty was called on the play, and Wentz was later ruled out for the game. This was the Eagles' third straight home Wild Card playoff loss.


2019 Philadelphia Freedoms season
The 2019 Philadelphia Freedoms season was the 19th season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season
The 2019 Philadelphia Fusion season was the second season of the Philadelphia Fusion's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under co-head coaches Go Se-hwi and Elliot Hayes. They entered the season looking to bounce back after their 2018 Grand Finals loss to the London Spitfire.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season
The Fusion had a solid Stage 1 performance, finishing the stage with a 5–2 record and making it to the Stage 1 Playoffs, but they lost in the semifinals to the San Francisco Shock. After posting 3–4 and 4–3 records for Stage 2 and Stage 3, respectively, Philadelphia failed to qualify any other stage playoffs. A 3–1 victory over the Seoul Dynasty in their final regular season match gave the Fusion a 15–13 season record and qualified them for the Play-In Tournament. Philadelphia fell 2–4 to the Shanghai Dragons in the first round of the tournament, ending their hope of qualifying for the season playoffs.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Preceding offseason, Player re-signings and free agency
From August 1 to September 9, 2018, all Overwatch League teams that competed in the 2018 season could choose to extend their team's players' contracts. Fusion elected to release Georgii "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha, Park "DayFly" Jeong-hwan, and Joseph "Joemeister" Gramano.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Preceding offseason, Player re-signings and free agency
All non-expansion teams could not enter the free agency period until October 8, 2018; they were able to sign members from their respective academy team and make trades until then. On September 25, Fusion promoted support player Elijah "Elk" Gallagher from Fusion University on a two-way contract. On October 17, Fusion transferred Choi "Hotba" Hong-jun to the new expansion team Guangzhou Charge.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Preceding offseason, Head coach change
In January, the Fusion announced that head coach Yann Luu would be acting as the organization's Director of Overwatch Operations. In his replacement, assistant coaches Elliot Hayes and Se-Hwi Go were promoted to co-head coaches.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
Philadelphia opened their season on February 14 against the London Spitfire – a rematch of the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals. Contrasted to the Spitfire's landslide victory from the 2018 Finals, the Fusion dominated on the second map, Hollywood, and fourth map, Rialto. Although the Spitfire took map three, Volskaya Industries, Philadelphia went on to win the match by a score of 3–1. The Fusion's next match was against the Atlanta Reign three days later. After splitting the first four maps, the match entered a fifth tiebreaker map, which Philadelphia won to claim a 3–2 series win.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
The following week, the team took on the Florida Mayhem on February 21. With their flex support Isaac "Boombox" Charles out due to illness, two-way contract player Elijah "Elk" Gallagher took over the role. The Fusion were edged out by the Mayhem, who had a standout performance by Lee "BQB" Sang-bum on Sombra and Zarya, by a score of 1–2. Two days later, the Philadelphia faced the Dallas Fuel. Still without their flex support Boombox, the Fusion were only able to take one map in the match, falling 1–3.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Fusion's next match was against the Washington Justice on February 28. With Boombox back from illness, the team returned to its original roster they played in week one. After losing the first map, Ilios, the Fusion racked off three straight map wins to take the series 3–1. The following week, Philadelphia faced the Los Angeles Valiant. The Fusion took to the first two maps to enter halftime up 2–0, but subsequently, they dropped the second two as the match entered a fifth tiebreaker map, Busan, where Philadelphia eked out the victory, winning the match 3–2.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
Philadelphia's final match of Stage 1 was against the Paris Eternal on March 17. The Fusion split the first two maps, Busan and King's Row, to enter halftime tied. However, Philadelphia dominated in the final two maps, not allowing Paris to claim a single point in either one, to claim a 3–1 match victory. The win gave Philadelphia a 5–2 Stage 1 record and a Stage 1 Playoff berth.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
At the end of Stage 1, Fusion was tied with the Toronto Defiant for the third seed of the playoffs. By rule, the teams would have to compete in an offline match to determine seeding; however, both teams agreed on a coin-flip, instead. Philadelphia received the fourth seed and would take on the Atlanta Reign in the quarterfinals.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 1
The Fusion's quarterfinal match took place on March 22. Despite losing the first map, Philadelphia claimed the following three maps in a row to defeat the Reign and move on to the Stage 1 Semifinals, where they would face the San Francisco Shock. The Fusion were unable to claim a point on Ilios and were full-held on Hollywood to enter halftime down 0–2. While the Fusion were able to complete Horizon Lunar Colony on their attack, the Shock did as well and took the map in overtime rounds. Philadelphia was then full-held on Rialto to cement a 0–4 loss to the Shock.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 2
Philadelphia began Stage 2 on April 4 with a match against the undefeated New York Excelsior. The Fusion were unable to win a map in the match and were swept 0–4 for the first time in the 2019 season. Two days later, they took on the Florida Mayhem. The Mayhem won the first map, Oasis, in convincing fashion, but the Fusion turned it around, taking the next three maps and winning the match 3–1. The Fusion's first match of the following week was against the Toronto Defiant on April 11.


2019 Philadelphia Fusion season, Regular season, Stage 2
The Fusion won on Busan but lost on Paris to enter halftime tied 1–1. Philadelphia held Toronto from completing both Blizzard World and Rialto and were able to push the payload further themselves to take both maps and win the match 3–1. Two days later, the Fusion took on the Spitfire in a rematch of their first match of the season. London managed to take the first map, Lijiang Tower; on map two, Hanamura, both team completed the map to go into overtime rounds.